Gas-purifier.



-PATENTED MAY 24,' 1904.'

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GAS PURIFIER-- APPLIGATION FILED JAN. ;4.`19o 2E No MODEL.

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110,760,674. BATBNTBD MAY24,1904.

P.` WINAND. GAS PURIPIER.

APPLIOATIION FILED JAN.14,. 1902.

N0 MODEL., 2 SHEETS- SHEET i No. 760,674.

Patented May 24, 1904.

PAULWINAND, or oHARKow, RUSSIA.'

GAS-PURIFIERY.

SPECIFICATION forming pere er Lettere Petent'Ne. 76o,674, `dated Mey 24, 1904.

Application led January 14, 1902. I Serial No. 89,752. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concerwf i Be it known that I, PAUL WINAND, a subject of the King of Belgium, and 'a 'resident of Charkow, Empire of Russia, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovedPurier; of which the following is a full, clear, and ex'act description.

The present invention relates to that class of apparatus for removing solid or liquid con- TO Stituent parts or impuritiesof every description from liquids, vapors,'or gases by means of a series of plates over which the Huid to be treated is passed, the said plates being either dry or wetted by water or the like continually flow- I5 ing over them. Hitherto these apparatuses have generally been provided with plates arranged in a substantially vertical plane and the gas has generally been caused to pass up and down between the said plates. In connec- 2O tion with such apparatuses the gas very oftenl fluid being treated with the water is comparatively short and the water is not effectively utilized. Now according to the present invention the flow of vapor, gas, or fluid is subdivided into a number of thin broad streams by means ofia series of substantially horizontally-disposed plates which may o1' may not be provided with a water or other liquid flow v over them. By this means the current of the liquid, gas, or vapor is .slowed down; and the flow of the liquid being very slow (when such is employed) over the approximately horizontal plates the contact of the fluid being treated with the same is of much longer duration,

, and the said liquid is consequently more effectively utilized.

Inorder torender the presentspecification easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure lis a vertical section through one form of embodying the invention; Flg. 2, a

plan partly in section on the line m .fr of Fig.`

yl. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing in horizontal housing a of the purifier and extends along the whole/length of `'the said housing, so that the gas, liquid, or vapor is fed into the said housing along its whole length in the direc- 6o tion of thearrows a in Fig. 2. The housing a is subdivided, approximately horizontally `into-a series `of compartments by plates 7), which are advantageously so disposed that they incline downward at either side of a vertically-disposed chamber @to similarly-dis- .posed chambers g, so'that water or other liquid fed to thev said chambers e will flow over the plates beat either side of the-'same y and will ow off the said plates into the cham'- 70 bers g and may be collected thence by collecting-receptacles orifices being provided 'in the chamber-walls to allow-the outflowland) inliow ofthe water. The spacesbelow the bottommost plates and above the topmost ones lare advantageously filled out in somesuitable zmanner, as indicated by cross-section lines at c in Fig. l.` The outlet-pipe 1" is iat the op- 'posite side to the inlet, and, likethe latter, it Iextends over the whole side of the housing a. In order to properly distribute the gas, vapor, lvor fluid being treated 'over all the compartments,vertically-disposed plates d -are provided extending along the inlet side ofthe y housing, and a sieve or gauze may be artinual or interrupted, according to the requirements of the case.

In the diagram in Fig. 3 the' plates b are /fiorizontally arranged and slightly displaced,

supply-pipef Hows onto the top plate along `the same and over the downwardly-turned Hange onto the next plate below and along the length of the same, and so on until it reaches the end of the lowest plate, Howing over the downwardly-turned flange of the same out at o. The gas, vapor, or liquid to be purified passes through the apparatus in the direction of the arrows.

In Figs. 4 and 4a the plates b are also horizontally arranged; but the liquid is caused to How over the same in a direction transverse to the direction of How of the gas, vapor, or liquid to be treated. In this case the latter Hows in the direction of the arrows in Fig; 4, while the plates b have upwardly turned Hanges b at their sides, while one end of each plate is fixed to one wall of the apparatus and the other end is a short distance from the opposite wall and is provided with a downwardlyturned Harige, as at Z22, each plate being fixed to the opposite wall to that below, so that the water takes a zigzag course through the plates, pissing the gas or liquid to be purified at each p ate.

In Figs. 5 and 5a a series of horizontal plates are employed which overlapeach other, all the plates of a series being supported on laterally-arranged angle-irons or angles of other materials, as at s. Each plate'of a series is advantageously attached to the end of the next plate by means of a pin t, which extends down into a slot or orifice of the opposite end of theA plate lying below it, so that the sets of superposed plates may be drawn out at the `front end of the apparatus and the used-up members of the sets of composite plates may be taken off the forward end and fresh members attached to the rear ends, so that the said plates may be renewed sectionwise as they become fouled, clogg'ed, or laden with deposits. The liquid-feedf and outlet o for the plates may be arranged similarly to that of Fig. 4, as will be readily understood.

I claim as my invention l. In a purifier the combination of a series of substantially horizontally vdisposed plates arranged one above the other in the path and direction of passage of the gas or liquid to be purified and adapted to subdivide the current of said gas or liquid into a series of Hat shallow streams or currents without deHecting the course of the body of the Huid, means for confining the gas to pass through the spaces between the said plates and means for supplyinga purifying medium to the gas between the plates, substantially as described.

2. In a purifier, the combination of a series of substantially horizontally disposed superposed plates, mounted in the path of the gas or liquid to be purified and adapted to subdivide the body of the fiuid into a series of shallow streams and means for circulating a thin layer of liquid over the upper surfaces of the said plates in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

3. In a purifier the combination of a superposed set of plates mounted in the path of movement of the gas or liquid to be purified and means for circulating a thin sheet of liquid over the upper surfaces of said plates in a direction other than that of movement of the said gas orliquid to be purified in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

4:. In a purifier the combinationof a series of plates mounted in substantially horizontal position and superposed, means for conducting the gas or liquid to be purified to the same and causing it to pass in a series of shallow streams between the same, and means for circulating a thin sheet of liquid over the upper surfaces of the said plates in a direction opposite to that of motion of the said gas or liquid to be purified substantially as described.

5. In apurifier, the combination of a series of vertically-disposed liquid-feed chambers, a series of vertically disposed liquidoutlet chambers, a series of substantially horizontally disposed partition-plates and means for establishing communication between the upper surfaces of the same and the said feed and outlet chambers, means for feeding the fluid to be purified to the whole side of the plates and means for carrying ofi' the same at the whole opposite side substantially as described.

6. In a purifier the combination of a series of substantially horizontally disposed plates mounted in the path of the liquid or gas to be purified, a series of detachable members to form each entire plate and means for supporting each, thus composed, plate in a substantially horizontal position in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

7. In a purifier the combination of a series of substantially horizontally disposed-superposed plates each consisting of a series of detachable members and all being mounted in the path of movement of the gas or liquid to be purified and means for circulating a thin sheet of liquid over the upper surfaces of the same in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

8. In a purifier the combination of a series of substantially horizontallydisposed compos- TOO lIO

ite plates mounted one above the other and into a series of shallow streams in the manner IO capable of being moved in the direction of and forthe'purpose substantially as described. their length, means for circulating 4a thin` In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set mysheet of liquid over the uppersurl'aces of the hand`in presence of two Witnesses.

same in a direction other than that of move- Y mentv of the gas or liquid to .be puried, the PAUL WINAND said plates being mounted in the path of move- Witnesses:

ment of the said gas or liquid and adapted to GUsTAv HARLWIG,

subdivide the current of such 'gas or liquid v Y WILHELM REPPICH. 

